Re: zsh-3.1 development: dynamic modules

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxx>]

Zoltan Hidvegi wrote:
> This is very experimental.  You have to give the --enable-dynamic option to
> configure to compile in binary module support.  This adds a new builtin,
> modload.  Whithout arguments it lists the currently loaded modules.
> Otherwise it loads the given module.  The $module_path array is user to
> seatch for the modules.  modload -u modue unloads the given module.

I just remembered... modload is an existing command on solaris to load
kernel modules.  It's not something the average user is going to be
doing, but I suggest it's probably better to start on the right foot
and avoid a clash and associated confusion (suppose the user looks for
a manual page on modload).  How about zmodload?  That's more explicit
about it being a zsh module.

*** Src/hashtable.h.old	Fri Nov  8 09:38:02 1996
--- Src/hashtable.h	Fri Nov  8 09:38:41 1996
***************
*** 304,310 ****
  #endif
  
  #ifdef DYNAMIC
!     {NULL, "modload", 0, bin_modload, 0, -1, 0, "uf", NULL},
  #endif
      {NULL, "popd", 0, bin_cd, 0, 2, BIN_POPD, NULL, NULL},
      {NULL, "print", BINF_PRINTOPTS, bin_print, 0, -1, BIN_PRINT, "RDPnrslzNu0123456789pioOcm-", NULL},
--- 304,310 ----
  #endif
  
  #ifdef DYNAMIC
!     {NULL, "zmodload", 0, bin_zmodload, 0, -1, 0, "uf", NULL},
  #endif
      {NULL, "popd", 0, bin_cd, 0, 2, BIN_POPD, NULL, NULL},
      {NULL, "print", BINF_PRINTOPTS, bin_print, 0, -1, BIN_PRINT, "RDPnrslzNu0123456789pioOcm-", NULL},
*** Src/module.c.old	Fri Nov  8 09:38:03 1996
--- Src/module.c	Fri Nov  8 09:38:26 1996
***************
*** 127,133 ****
  
  /**/
  int
! bin_modload(char *nam, char **args, char *ops, int func)
  {
      LinkNode node;
      Module m = NULL;
--- 127,133 ----
  
  /**/
  int
! bin_zmodload(char *nam, char **args, char *ops, int func)
  {
      LinkNode node;
      Module m = NULL;

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